Donald Lemmons, son of the late Earl Lemmons and Iva Moore Lemmons, was born on October 29, 1936 in Dexter, Missouri and passed away on May 31, 2011 at the Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 74 years.

Mr. Lemmons was a retired veteran of the United States Navy serving in the Vietnam War as an Electronic Technician. He was a member of the Risen Church in Dexter and a resident of Dexter.

On December 26, 1960 he was united in marriage to Melba Ramsey in Dexter, Missouri. Mrs. Lemmons survives of the home in Dexter.

Besides his wife survivors include two sons, Michael Lemmons of Brownstown, Michigan and Joshua Lemmons of Dexter; two daughters, Debbie Abeel of Ramona, California and Kathy Daniel of Dexter; also by seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, John Kramer.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 12:30 until 2 p.m., Thursday June 2, 2011. Funeral services will then be conducted at 2 p.m., Thursday June 2, 2011 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Rev. Joshua Carpenter officiating. Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield, Missouri with full Military Honors.

Memorials can be made to the Risen Church in Dexter, Liberty Hill Cancer Fund, or 18 Fore Life. Envelopes will be provided in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home office.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of arrangements

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